Response to sale of my house due to going into long term care

As I understand the system, if you have to go into care and do not have £16,000 cash or equivalent your local authority has to pay for your care - they cannot force you to sell your home. BUT when your estate finally does sell your house the local authority can reclaim the money it has spent on you residential care against your estate. It may be that retaining the profit and benefiting from the possible capital gain might be worth considering. It would definitely be worth looking at the Age Concern website and/or visiting the local office for some advice as they are used to dealing with this issue. Good luck.

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